The Onondaga County District Attorney's office plans to appeal a state Supreme Court judge's ruling that invalidated an order of protection against an anti-violence protester.

DeWitt Town Justice David Gideon had issued the order preventing an anti-violence protester from demonstrating at Hancock Air Base. Daniel Finlay, 73, of Ithaca, was effectively barred from protesting by the order, designed to keep him away from the base commander, Greg Semmel.

Last week, Justice John Brunetti overturned that temporary order, which was supposed to remain in effect until Finlay was tried on other charges related to an April 2013 protest at the base. With the order overturned, Finlay could resume protesting until his case is decided in court.

Chief Assistant District Attorney James Maxwell said his office will file the notice of appeal in the next couple of days.

The Syracuse Peace Council's Carol Baum said her group applauds Judge Brunetti's decision, and hopes all the other defendants get their orders vacated as well.

"We have continually viewed the issuing of an Order of Protection to "protect" someone the Hancock defendants have never met, threatened in any way, don't know what he looks like, etc. as absurd and clearly an attempt to prevent people from protesting at Hancock Air Base - his place of business," she said.

Finlay has said he was arrested in his third protest at the air base in April 2013. He had protested legally two times before that, he said.

He and the other drone protesters have argued their actions are designed to get the government to uphold the Constitution by refraining from drone strikes.